Automatic repeating toy pistol



Feb. 21, 1928. 1,660,127

A. c. JONASSEN AUTOMATIC REPEATING TOY PISTOL Filed Oct. 5, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 .Zkaeraic?! A C. J'an app'aeu Feb. 21, 1928. 1,660,127

A. c. JONASSEN AUTOMATIC REPEATING TOY PISTOL Filed Oct. 3, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 n g p Patented Feb-21, 1928.

UNITED STATES 1,660,127] PATENT OFFICE.

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Application fled October 8, 192$, 8eria1 Io. 00,805, and in Belgium October 27, 1984.

The invention relates to a toy pistol arrangement especially adapted for the projection of small objects, and for example marbles and such that a certain number of these objects may be automatically projected in I succession, the mechanical arrangement enoperating lever, integral with or controlled by the trigger member, and on the other hand retained against backward displacement by means of a member either'elastic or operated by a spring, and of which the deformation is such hen the projectile is travelling in the said passage-that the pro jectile, passing into the barrel, is urged in the direction of the latter and projected by the trigger member on the return movement of the said member to its initial position.

The invention also consists in shaping the operating lever in such a manner that the projectile introduced into the passage is completely sustained and guided by the end of the lever on which it bears, while at the same time the other projectiles of the magazine are retained in the latter pending their projection.

The invention also consists in providing in the casing or shell of the pistol an opening enabling the magazine to be recharged with projectiles without necessity of removal of any part of the pistol.

The invention further consists in certain other special arrangements to which reference will be made in the detailed description of preferred forms of pistols embodying the invention, represented by way-of example in the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section of a toy pistol according to the invention, showing the members of the ejecting mechanism in the inactive position.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing in plain lines the positions occupied by the said members in the firing position and in dotted lines the same members in intermediate positions.

Fig. 3 is a partial longitudinal section of a modified constructive arrangement of the trigger member and its return spring.

Fig. 4 is a section taken on line.A-B of Fig. 1.

F1g. 5 shows a preferred arrangement of a modified elastic member efiecting the proect1 on. a

Fig. 6 is a detailed view, on'enlarged scale of the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, showmg the means employed for limiting the stroke of the spring carrying the projectiles 1n the magazine.

Fig.7 1s an alternative form of the arrangement shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 8 is another alternative form of the same arrangement, the magazine being disposed in the butt.

Fig. is a view similar to that of Fig. 8, an opemng being provided in the casing for filhng the magazine.

Fig. 10 is a partial section of another al ternative construction.

F1g.'11 shows, in plan, the shape to be adopted for the operating lever.

12 is a detail.

Fig. 13 is a cross sectional view of an alternative construction of the pistol casing.

The same reference characters designate the same or similar members in the various figures and as represented 1 designates the cas ng or body of the pistol as a whole, said casing being formed of two symmetrical halves assembled along their upper and lower edges by members 2. Each half of the casing is preferabl stamped out of sheet metal of suitable thlckness, and formed with a barrel 3 and a magazine 4, the latter beng parallel to the barrel in the forms shown 1n Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 7 and approximately perpendicular to the" barrel in the forms shown in Figs. 8, 9 and 10. These parts are given either a semi-circular shape (Fi 4;) or a shape more or less rectangular %Fig 13), leaving however in each case a certain clearance 5 between the central portions which enables certain parts of the operating.

mechanism to be located therein and insures the correct trajectory of the projectile by guiding it along the edges 5 of the barrel.

In the form represented in cross section in Fig. 4 the barrel 3 has preferably a diameter approximately equal to that of the projectiles whereas the section of the magazine is slightly larger, so that a small shoulder 4' may be formed at the rear end of the latter, said shoulder actin as a-stop for an ap proximately hemispherical cap t mounted on the end of the spring 6 causing the dis- .the .cap 4 on thestpering 6 is shaped placement of the rojectiles, or for the end of the spring its f, a few turns of which are brought together so as to form a cap as shown in Figs. 9 and 10.

In the construction shown Fig. 13, since the section of the magazlne 1s rectangula, accor ingly, the stop 4 ing formed in this case by four pro ections in the angles of the Illa Z1118. V V

channel or passage 7 is formed between the barrel 3 and the magazine 4, the said assage being simplystraight, as in the orms shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 7 and 10, or

with curved front and rear walls, as in y 8 and 9, the cross section being in each 'the rear side of the projectile, so as, by ex-- pansion, to expel the said projectile from the said barrel.

The projectiles are introduced into and forced up along the assage-7 by means of a lever 9, integral wit the trigger 10 (Figs. 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9) or operated by the latter (Fig. 10), and preferably formedas forkedmember (Fig. 11) so as to'support the pro-' jectile on a relatively large part of its surface and guide it securely. The said lever has a specialshape such that, when acting on the trigger 10, .a projection 11 will be inserted between the projectile 12 of the magazine 4 which is at the entrance of the passage 7, and the following the cap 4 on the spring 6 1f the last projectile is concerned-so as to act, by means of the part 13, on the projectile to be exelled and cause it to travel in the ass'age and by meansof its part 14, on the projectiles remaining in the magazine, and prevent any forward movement of the latter (see especially Fig. 2).

The parts 13 and 14 on the lever 9 have circular outlines adapted to the curvature of the projectiles 12. The lever 9 is either formed integral with a trigger 10 Figs. 1, 2, 3, 7, 8 and 9) ivoted on a fix pin 15 riveted or attache to thecasing of the pistol,

' or else pivoted at 15 on the trigger, as

- c astic stop shown in Fig. 10. In each case a spring 16' is provided to return the lever and the trigger back to their inactive positions (Flgs. 1, 3, 7, 8, 9 and 10). If desired the o crating levcr'9 may be provided with an which is formed either on the.

lever itsel or on the operating spring.

It is as follows:

jectile to be c 7, bending or pushing back the mem-:

projcctileor The operation of the pistol according to the invention may be readilyunderstood.

1 Assuming that projectiles have been inroduced into the magazine 4, the first one will come at the entrance of the passage 7, bearing against the member 8, the other projectiles following in the magazine. If the tr' r 10 be operated, the projection 11 on V the ver 9 will be inserted between the proectile occupying the entrance to the passage and the following projectileor the cap 4the part 13 of the said lever egaging the formed projectile into the passage 7, while the art. 14 retains the other. projectiles in t e magazine.

Under the action of the lever 9, the prolled is forced up along the Eii 8 until it reaches the outlet of the said passage, that is to say the position shown in full lines in Fig. 2.

At this instant, the projectile is free to move towards the mouth of the barrel and the bending or elastic displacement of the member- 8'15 a maximum and such that the pressure exerted on the projectile is approximately parallel to the axis of the barrel. The expulsion takes place with a force peroportional to the elastic force of the memr 8 or to the power of the return spring. After the shooting operation, the member 8 returns to the position closing the passage 7 and on the other hand, if thc'trigger 10 is released, -the lowering of the lever 9 will permit the advance of the projectiles of the ma azine and the various parts will be ready or shooting again.

- In order to enable the easy loading of the magazine 4 without removing the spring 6, an opening 17 is provided in the casing of thepistol, at the rear end of the magazine, towards the inlet of the passa e 7. The opening 17 uncovers a portion 0 the magazme corresponding partially with the positionsof the first two projectiles or of the last projectile and the cap, so'that a projectile introduced through the said open ing will be inserted between two succeeding projectiles or between the last'projectile and the usher 4, or else before the latter.

's simple arrangement enables the istol to be reloaded very easily and rapidly. In the constructions re resented in Figs. 1 and 2, there is provide a cap 18 closing the front end of the ma azine and against which bears the end of t e spring '6. This cap is shown in perspective in Fig. 12 and casing. However, one side of one of the ends of the guard is not bent but used as a support for attaching the return spring 16 of the lever 9.

The member 8 is in this case formed as a flat spring a part of which is held between two stamped ribs 8 formed on the inside of each half casing. This spring 8 is reinforced by a second spring 8 bearing on the frame 1 as shown in the said figures.

The same general arrangement is maintained in the form shown in Fig. 3, but the trigger 10 is enlarged, so that it is never completely disengaged from the casing 1. It will further be noted that the spring 16 is replaced by an extension 8 on the member 8, the mechanism being thus reduced to a single spring and a trigger member,- the upper part of the said spring beingshaped, for example, as shown in Fig. 5.

Fig. 6 shows the shape of the cap 4 on the spring 6 as well as the shoulder 4 which acts as a stop for the said cap.

In Fig. 7, the member 8 is formed as a lever pivoted at 8, the position of the said pivot being selected so that the upper end of the said lever will act in the same way as the spring in the preceding examples. A return spring 8,- of suitable strength, conneets the lower end of the lever to a fixed point at the rear of the pistol casing 1.

The general arrangement shown in Figs. and82 is again found in the form shown in In this case the member 8 is held at the central part between two ribs 8 formed on the insi e of the casing 1.

In this figure the ma azine is recharged by removing a cap 22 (also fixed to the base of the casing by means of a bayonet joint) and by removing the spring 6, one end of which may be attached to the said cap.

In Fig. 9 the flat spring is replaced by a wire spring having two parallel branches, hooked at one end into suitable openings 21 in the casing 1, or simply bearing against the latter.

In Figs. 8 and 9, the passage 7 is continued'as a downwardly extending pocketforming a magazine within the handle the principle and the operation being the same as previously. I

Finally, in Fig.- 10, the lever 9 is connected to the trigger 10 by means of the pivot 15, and moreover the member 8 is constituted by a lever pivoted to a fixed point and pressed by a sprin 8, said lever being provided with a bende end coming against the spring when returning to the inactive positlon and thus avoiding any shock against the sides of the barrel orof the passage 7.

Claims:

1. An automatic repeating toy pistol, adapted for the projectlon of small, objects of two and specially marbles, comprising in combination a barrel, a projectile magazine, a channel between said magazine and barrel, projectiles to be brought successively at the entrance of the channel, means actuated by the trigger to force the projectile into the channel and means to retain such projectile at the entrance of such channel, said latter means adapted to be forced back by the advance of the projectile into the channel and to expel said rojectile along the barrel at the outlet of t e channel.

2. An automatic toy pistol comprising in combination a barrel and a projectile magazine, a channel between said magazine and barrel, projectiles in the magazine and means to lead successively the projectiles at the entrance of the channel, a trigger, a trigger operated lever, means on the lever to lead a projectile in the channel and simultaneously retain the other projectiles intothe magazine, and retaining means into the channel, said means adapted to be forced back upon advance of the projectile in the channel and to expel said rojectile along the barrel at the outlet of t e channel.

3. In an automatic toy to claim 2, a trigger operating lever having an angular pro ection formed thereon and cam shaped surfaces on either side of said projection, one cam shaped surface adapted to lead a projectile into the channel, the other cam shaped surface adapted to simultaneously retain the other projectiles into the magazine and the angular projection adapted to be inserted between the projectile in position at the entrance of the channel and the other projectiles of the magazine upon actuation of the trigger.

4. In an automatic toy pistol accordin to claim 2, a trigger operated lever forme arallel branches, and means to restore said lever in its inactive position.

5. In' an automatic toy pistol according to claim 2, retaining means comprising a spring controlled member disposed in and d1a onally across the channel, and anchored in t e pistol casing.

6. In an automatic repeating toy pistol according to. claim 2, wherein the projectile magazine is formed toward its rear end with an opening to permit the introduction of projectiles into the magazine, said opening uncovering a part of the magazine which corresponds in part with the positions of the first two projectiles in the magazine. 7. In an automatic toy pistol as claimed in claim 2, wherein the' magazine is formed with an uncovered feed opening, a (projection arranged within the magazine a jacent this opening, and a hemispherical cap on the projectile leading means adapted to bear against the said projection.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ALFRED CFHtISTIAN JONASSEN.

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